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Sixth Degree Shawl

In case this isn’t incredibly obvious by now, I love knitting shawls. I’m obsessed with playing with the geometry possibilities, the outfit possibilities, and the chance to show off some beautiful yarn on the canvas that is a big, flat piece of knitting. This new shawl pattern began as a wee experiment with making a shawl featuring increases along one side of the work every few rows, which forms a right triangle. I love the fact that the yarn over increases are hidden in this piece’s chain edge, and I love that its wide, diagonal ribs are formed by simply alternating groups of 6 knit and purl stitches, hence the name Sixth Degree Shawl. I hope you enjoy knitting this as much as I did!

This is knit with exactly two skeins of Cestari Monticello yarn, a 75% cotton / 25% flax blend that’s great for warm weather knitting. I got this yarn from Yarnthology, a site specializing in eco-friendly, ethically sourced, cruelty free, and/or American made yarns. (I’ll have more on Yarnthology, including a giveaway, later this week!)

The shallow slope of the Sixth Degree Shawl’s increases make for a super wearable shawl. The short leg is long enough to reach past the hips, covering the torso when worn as a wrap. The pointy end, so to speak, hangs in place nicely when you wear it. I can’t wait to cuddle up with this shawl all summer in hyper air conditioned spaces and stash it in my bag when venturing out into hot temps!

About Heidi

Heidi Gustad is a knitting, crochet and crafts designer. She first learned to knit at age 8 from a grandmother who saw in her a need for something to keep her busy. She's now a full time designer, video host, blogger & teacher. You can keep up with her designs and more by following handsoccupied on your favorite social network.

Copy and paste the blue pattern section into a word processor before printing. If you want to also copy and paste the pattern abbreviations section, I recommend copying and pasting that first above the blue pattern section. Unlike recipe bloggers, there aren’t nice plugins yet that accommodate image free knitting pattern printing, so this is the best solution for now. But I’m working on it! :)

Bello Heidi,
Thank you for this lovely patter!
Could you please explain to me what tbl means?
When you tbl in the last stich, does it mean that you knit twice the same stich( into the front loop first and back loop afterwords), or does it mean that you knit the stich just once into the back loop?
Thank you for your answer.

I love this pattern. Could you please,please send me stitch instructions for a rectangular shape as our church prefers this shape and I have been looking for so long to find a beautiful stitch pattern and yours is the one I love. Bless you!

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Hi! I’m Heidi Gustad, and I’m a yarn crafts designer and blogger, partial to primary colors, vintage style and most needlecrafts. Along with two designer friends, I co-host The Very Serious Crafts Podcast. My first book is set to be released in the fall of 2020.